Re: [ANNOUNCE] 3.6.1-rt1

[Tim Sander]

Hi Thomas
> I'm pleased to announce the 3.6.1-rt1 release.
I also have to second the big thanks of Steven!

>    * Fix for a potential deadlock in mm/slab.c. This had been reported
>      as lockdep splats several times and stupidly ignored as a false
>      positive, but in fact it's a real (though almost impossible to
>      trigger) deadlock lurking.
Mh, just an unverified (i.e. i haven't had the time to dig into it) 
information from my side: I think i have been seeing a total lockup on an OOM 
condition. Is it possible that this possible deadlock
might have been triggered in such a condition more "reliably"?

Best regards
Tim
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